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October 18, 2021 Dispatches

Australia Moves Closer to Ending Harmful Intersex Surgeries

Rights Body Urges End to Early ‘Normalizing’ Interventions on Children

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September 1, 2021 Dispatches

Protest Demands End to Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Children

Hospital Should Halt Medically Unnecessary Surgeries

Demonstrators gather for an #EndIntersexSurgery protest outside Weill-Cornell hospital in New York City in August 2021. 
November 24, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of the United Kingdom

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October 29, 2020 Impact

US Hospital to Stop Harmful Intersex Surgeries on Children

Hospital is First Institution to Make This Change and Apologize for Harm Done

Intersex activist Sean Saifa Wall protests outside Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago for Intersex Awareness Day on October 26, 2017.
March 13, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter Re: House Bill 303 and Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Children

A view of Alabama State Capital in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., April 10, 2017.
February 3, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter Re: South Dakota HB 1057 and the Rights of Transgender and Intersex Children

The South Dakota State Capitol building in Pierre, South Dakota, February 2016.
December 13, 2019 Dispatches

Massachusetts Medical Society Supports Intersex Rights

Elective Surgeries Should Be Patient’s Choice

A poster by intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis
August 29, 2019 Dispatches

Indian State Bans Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Children

New Government Committee Should Include Intersex Perspectives

The Intersex flag
April 29, 2019 Commentary

Indian Court Decides In Favor of Informed Consent Rights for Intersex People

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October 25, 2018 Dispatches

Push is on in Australia to End Intersex Abuses

Rights Commission Consultation Exposes Harmful, Unnecessary Medical Practices

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October 12, 2018 Dispatches

Medical Experts Call to Defer Unnecessary Intersex Surgeries

New European Guidelines Reflect Intersex Patient Advocates’ Views

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October 10, 2018 Commentary

The Intersex Guidelines Doctors Have Been Waiting For

A group of Doctors meet in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013.
September 17, 2018 Dispatches

US Medical Association Stands Against Unnecessary Intersex Surgeries

Policy is Part of Growing Momentum to Respect Bodily Diversity

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August 28, 2018 News Release

California: Resolution Affirms Intersex Rights

First State to Condemn Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Children

Senator Scott Wiener, who introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 110, testifying before the California Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, 2018.
July 19, 2018 Dispatches

Chicago Protest Demands Informed Consent for Intersex Patients

Medically Unnecessary High-Risk Surgeries Should Stop

Intersex activist Sean Saifa Wall protests outside Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago for Intersex Awareness Day on October 26, 2017.

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